Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - Radio City Playhouse - "Machine" (02-07-49)


Machine (Aired February 7, 1949)


A Half-hour drama, sometimes comedy, often very exciting and suspenseful. The cast were made up of New York veterans of radio and stage, including Jan Minor and John Larkin as featured performers. The director, Harry W. Junkin, also served as the show's host and narrator. Each week the show introduced a new story, often written by well-known writers of fantasy and suspense such as Ray Bradbury, Cornell Woolrich, Agatha Christie and Paul Gallico. They were dramatized with a full orchestral soundtrack and excellent sound effects.


THIS EPISODE:

February 7, 1949. Program #25. NBC network. "Machine". Sustaining. Don't miss the evocative music score. The protagonist is fat and ugly, and so is the machine she operates. The program is also known as, "NBC Short Story." Harry W. Junkin (host, writer, director), Bob Warren (announcer), Elspeth Eric, Adelaide Klein, Grace Keddy, Phil Sterling, Ann Pitoniak, Richard P. McDonough (NBC supervisor), Roy Shield (composer, conductor). 29:39.

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